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Construction


Indoor Air Problems Sicken Many

May 16, 2000
By Tamara Scott

When Richard and Julie Licon bought a $500,000 townhouse in Orange County for them and their six children, little did they kno...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - The first judicial recall campaign in Marin County history seems reminiscent of the arena that spawned it: div...


Bankruptcy


The Mighty Fall

May 16, 2000
By Katherine Gaidos

We are living in the Age of Big: gazillion-dollar corporate pairings; cities that stretch for hundreds of miles. When the stoc...


Public Interest


DNA Testing Saves Inmate On Death Row

May 13, 2000
By Columnist

Dicta: On 'The Practice' By Paul Harris In a powerful and well-researched episode, "The Practice" looks at the consequences o...


Public Interest


Forum: By Vernon Jarrett Nearly 150 years after the Confederate battle flag last flew above a rebel army, the meaning of that...


Litigation


MICRAs Scope

May 13, 2000
By Columnist

^^S/Ages^^ MICRA's Scope If examination shows that residential care facilities recklessly neglect an elder, emotional distress...


Litigation


The Price of Deceit

May 13, 2000
By Columnist

^^At Issue^^ BY DEBORAH ROSENTHAL The public's interest in seeing its laws followed is vigorously guarded, in part by the comm...


Public Interest


Not at Home

May 13, 2000
By Columnist

Forum: Justice for All By Phoenix Streets A war is being waged throughout California. At stake are people's homes - the havens...


Entertainment & Sports


Dicta: On 'Ally McBeal' By Renee Laurents Cybersex is freeware for the 1-900--addicted. Both phones and the Internet have come...


Litigation


Olson's Lawyer Obtains Delay Of Five Months

May 13, 2000
By Garry Abrams

Armed with a humble attitude and a tale of misfortune, famed radical San Francisco defense attorney J. Tony Serra on Thursday ...


Environmental


MTBE Lust

May 13, 2000
By Columnist

Practitioner: Environmental Law By William D. Wick The Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUST) program at the U.S. Environme...


Entertainment & Sports


Dicta: On 'Family Law' By Erin O'Bryan This week's "Family Law" had quite an attention-grabbing opener. We saw a Catholic prie...


Commercial Law


Judge Declines Global Pact in Trans Union Suit

May 13, 2000
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Rejecting a proposed $15 million global settlement for a potential class of 190 million people as unrealistic,...


Litigation


Shaping the Future

May 13, 2000
By Columnist

By Deborah Rosenthal When Kermith Sonnier followed a reference to the Law Offices of Stephen Ball, he was looking for independ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Private Pilot

May 13, 2000
By Rebecca Kuzins

ADR PROFILE Victor T. Barrera By Rebecca Kuzins Judge Victor T. Barrera's all-night settlement conferences were legendary amon...


Real Estate/Development


The Road Not Taken

May 13, 2000
By Contributing Writer

^^OPINION^^ Unsafe and Unsound By Bill Higgins When it comes to property rights and the 5th Amendment's takings clause of the ...


Litigation


The Buck Stops Here

May 13, 2000
By Columnist

By Deborah Rosenthal William E. Kirchhoff hit a career low when, following his termination as manager of the c ity of Redondo ...


Family


Adoptions Set for Foster-Care Kids

May 13, 2000
By Staff Reports

Nearly 400 adoptions of children in foster care will become final Saturday during Adoption Saturday at the Edmund D. Edelman C...


Product Liability


U.S. Plays With Kids' Toy Safety

May 13, 2000
By Contributing Writer

Forum: By Harvey Karp As a pediatrician, I know parents work very hard to make a living, put good food on the table and keep t...


Entertainment & Sports


A Case That Pulls at the Heartstrings

May 13, 2000
By Columnist

Dicta: On 'Judging Amy' By Akilah Monifa For this week's show, you gotta have heart, both literally and figuratively. Judge A...


Government


SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco Superior Court appellate panel has ruled that landlords who are getting out of the rental busi...


Law Practice


Association Says Bar-Number Bill Misses Its Target

May 13, 2000
By Don De Benedictis

The Los Angeles County Bar Association has mounted the first formal opposition to legislation that would require all Californi...


Health Care & Hospital Law


SAN FRANCISCO - California juvenile offenders are being treated in medical and mental health facilities that are unlicensed an...


Litigation


'Barbie' Ad Agency Is Target of Lawsuit

May 13, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

A former creator of "Barbie" commercials for Ogilvy & Mather has sued the advertising giant, claiming that it unceremoniou...


Immigration


The brother of an Iraqi dissident fighting deportation on charges of being a national security threat completed testimony Thur...


Criminal


U.S., Mexico Indict Leaders of Drug Cartel

May 13, 2000
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO -- With Mexico's chief anti-drug prosecutor standing beside him, U.S. Attorney Gregory A. Vega announced Thursday th...


Government


Suspended Cop Takes Immunity In Framing Case

May 13, 2000
By Michael Harris

Suspended Rampart CRASH officer Humberto Tovar has been granted limited-use immunity by prosecutors in an effort to shore up t...


Labor/Employment


SACRAMENTO - The California Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a state law exempting religiously affiliated organizations from a...


Personal Injury & Torts


O.C. Couple to File Lawsuit Against Irvine Fertility Clinic

May 13, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - In what a plaintiffs' attorney is dubbing "just the tip of the iceberg," an Orange County couple today will file t...


Technology & Science


Corporate and securities lawyer Alan C. Mendelson, a $10 million rainmaker and one of the founding partners of Cooley Godward ...